At one point, 40,000 people across the Carolinas were without power Wednesday due to a storm.

Cleanup continues after storm caused damage, knocked out power to thousands

At one point, 40,000 people across the Carolinas were without power Wednesday due to a storm.

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Updated: 12:38 PM EST Feb 25, 2016

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WEBVTT GREENVILLE, BUT POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED. ALLYSON: IT IS WINDY. NOT AS WINDY AS IT WAS YESTERDAY. THAT POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED. SEVERAL OF YOU ARE NOT AS LUCKY THERE. SEVERAL STILL WITHOUT POWER. >> I HAD TO GO OUT AT 5:30 TO GET COFFEE AND THAT IS NOT A NORMAL THING TO DO. I AM RETIRED AND USUALLY DON'T GET OUT OF BED UNTIL 8:00 I GET COLD IN THE HOUSE. IT WAS UNCOMFORTABLE TO SLEEP. ALLYSON: DAN PAT QUINN -- DAN PAQUIN HAS BEEN WONDERING WHEN IT WILL COME BACK ON. I UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION AND YOU HAVE TO BE PATIENT AND WAIT FOR THE PEOPLE TO GET HERE. IT SEEMS LIKE IT HAS BEEN WAY TOO LONG FOR THEM TO GET HERE. THE TREE SERVICE PEOPLE CAME YESTERDAY, THEY CUT DOWN THE TREE THAT CAUSED THE SITUATION, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN A DUKE ENERGY VEHICLE HERE YET. NOT TO SAY THEY HAVEN'T BEEN HERE, BUT I HAVE NOT SEEN THEM. ALLYSON: DUKE ENERGY SAYS CRUISERS ARE WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK. IF SENT OF THE DAMAGE IS CAUSING THE DELAY. WHENEVER YOU HAVE BROKEN POLES AND WIRES DOWN, THAT TAKES A WILD TO REPAIR. -- WHILE TO REPAIR. WHEN THOSE METER BOXES BECOME SEPARATED A DAMAGED, THAT IS MORE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. IT JUST TAKES TIME. ALLYSON: RATHER THAN SEEING LIMBS COME OFF TREES, ENTIRE TREES WERE UPROOTED LIKE THIS ONE THEY WERE WORKING ON IN GREENVILLE. HOUSES, CARS, AND POWER LINES. ALLYSON: MOSER SAYS THEY HOPE TO HAVE POWER ON BEFORE THE WEEKEND. HE WANTS TO REITERATE, PLEASE HAVE PATIENCE. CREWS WILL GO OUT AFTER THE STORMS WERE OVER AND LIMB TREES

Cleanup continues after storm caused damage, knocked out power to thousands

At one point, 40,000 people across the Carolinas were without power Wednesday due to a storm.